0:00:02 > 0:00:05'Britain is stuffed with places famous for their antiques
0:00:05 > 0:00:08'and each object has a story to tell.'
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Hello!
0:00:10 > 0:00:13'I'm Tim Wonnacott and as the crowds gather
0:00:13 > 0:00:16'for their favourite outdoor events around the country,
0:00:16 > 0:00:20'I'll be pitching up with my silver trailer to meet the locals
0:00:20 > 0:00:23'with their precious antiques and collectibles.'
0:00:23 > 0:00:26I'm feeling inspired myself. Thank you very much.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30'Their stories will reveal why the places we visit
0:00:30 > 0:00:33'deserve to be on the Great Antiques Map Of Britain.'
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Today I've come to the Bakewell Food Festival,
0:00:39 > 0:00:42in the heart of the glorious Derbyshire Peaks.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46'It's brimming with people
0:00:46 > 0:00:48'who've brought along their fascinating objects.'
0:00:48 > 0:00:52The provenance that these have hung in the state drawing room
0:00:52 > 0:00:55at Chatsworth from the 1850s is all very important.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57'Which give a fantastic insight
0:00:57 > 0:01:01'into the area's unique antiques heritage.'
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- So it's a brilliant Derbyshire success story, in a way.- It is.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06'And, of course, they want to know
0:01:06 > 0:01:08'what their precious treasures might be worth.'
0:01:08 > 0:01:09£600 and £900.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11£50 each.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13£7,500.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16'And what do you think this unusual little creature could fetch?
0:01:16 > 0:01:19'Find out later on.'
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- You'd never sell it, would you? - Oh, no!
0:01:21 > 0:01:22- Oh, no!- Never. No.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23THEY LAUGH
0:01:30 > 0:01:33I'm in the heart of Derbyshire
0:01:33 > 0:01:37surrounded by the most glorious rolling countryside
0:01:37 > 0:01:40that is the Dales.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43With the occasional glimmering glimpse
0:01:43 > 0:01:46of the River Wye peeping out.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51History has made its mark here.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54The area is steeped in agriculture.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Sheep and cattle still penned in by countless dry stone walls.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01The cotton mills evoke the impact locally
0:02:01 > 0:02:03of the Industrial Revolution.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08Quarrying and mining, with the business in precious minerals,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11though much reduced, continuing to this day.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14I'm crossing the River Wye one last time,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16over one of the oldest bridges in the country,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19dating back to the year 1200,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21heading for the capital of the Peak District.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25When you think of Bakewell,
0:02:25 > 0:02:29you might associate the place with one of these -
0:02:29 > 0:02:30a Bakewell tart.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Well, you'd be wrong because the food purist would tell you
0:02:34 > 0:02:40that actually the Bakewell pudding is the proper fodder in these parts
0:02:40 > 0:02:43and it's the pudding that put Bakewell on the food map.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52And at the Bakewell Food Festival...
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- PHOTOGRAPHER: C'mon! - Look happy!
0:02:55 > 0:02:58It's this famous food heritage which connects us
0:02:58 > 0:03:02to some unique collectibles once owned by Ann Greaves, who,
0:03:02 > 0:03:05it's claimed, created the Bakewell pud.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10They've been brought along by her great-great-great-grandson, Paul.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12It's been passed down through the generations from 1800.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16I hope he can give me some sort of background as to how they were made
0:03:16 > 0:03:19and that to our family they are very, very important
0:03:19 > 0:03:21and they're priceless.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Now, Paul, on the face of it,
0:03:23 > 0:03:28these look like tatty, tin cookery dishes
0:03:28 > 0:03:30but they're pretty special to you, aren't they?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33They're special because they were used
0:03:33 > 0:03:36by my great-great-great-grandmother,
0:03:36 > 0:03:41who was Mrs Ann Greaves who was the landlady of the Rutland Arms,
0:03:41 > 0:03:46which stands in the square here, from 1803-1857.
0:03:46 > 0:03:47Right.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49And during that period of time,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52she made her Bakewell puddings in these pans.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54And they've been handed down through the family,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57through the generations ever since.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58They've never left Bakewell.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01And I have to say that tin wear
0:04:01 > 0:04:04is a very interesting 18th-century collectible
0:04:04 > 0:04:08because, basically, it's iron with a thin layer of tin
0:04:08 > 0:04:13annealed to the surface, which gives you something that you can cook off
0:04:13 > 0:04:16without flavouring the food.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19And, of course, the tin doesn't rust, which is what iron would do
0:04:19 > 0:04:21if you were putting it in the oven and then washing it up
0:04:21 > 0:04:22and all the rest of it.
0:04:22 > 0:04:27These little dishes do illustrate perfectly the tin maker's art
0:04:27 > 0:04:30because the seams are all soldered...
0:04:31 > 0:04:34..the thing has a rollover edge, so you don't cut yourself.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37It's perfectly comfortable to the feel.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40And what I love about your three Bakewell pudding dishes
0:04:40 > 0:04:44is they have this gorgeous patination, don't they?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47There's little bits of grubby food and grease
0:04:47 > 0:04:48that has been left on these.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51They've never been scrubbed clean with a wire brush.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52No, no, no.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55You've got the filth of ages on them,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58which gives them this very special look.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02And frankly, they're very difficult things to value.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07They're worth a pound or two each without the provenance and history
0:05:07 > 0:05:11attached to your family and the Bakewell pudding.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Yeah.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Now that we know that, though,
0:05:13 > 0:05:17if you were to put them in a sale in Derbyshire,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19with all that history and provenance,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't make £50 each.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27And they shall be handed down through the family for generations to come.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38This is one of the jewels in Bakewell's crown - Haddon Hall.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Overlooking the glorious River Wye, where fish are abundant.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46In 1865, this estate was the first place in the world
0:05:46 > 0:05:49to adopt a new rule for fishing -
0:05:49 > 0:05:51dry flies only.
0:05:51 > 0:05:57All thanks to local fishing fanatic James Ogden, who invented a fake fly
0:05:57 > 0:05:59to replace the real thing.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01I'm meeting up with historian Richard Ward.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08This man, Ogden, he twigged that to tempt a fish,
0:06:08 > 0:06:12- a decent insect...- Yes. - ..preferably dry...- Yes.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16..presented just over its nose, expertly cast
0:06:16 > 0:06:19is the way to catch a fish, right?
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Many thousands of anglers had seen that when they cast their flies,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25sometimes that very first instant that it's on the water
0:06:25 > 0:06:29when it was dry and still floating in those days was their best chance.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Ogden thought, "Why not make flies to float, anyway?"
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- Right.- Rather than just the first few minutes.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37So the first few minutes, naturally they sink.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Ogden came up with a revolution.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42He did, he started tying them deliberately to float.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45And something special happened here
0:06:45 > 0:06:47on the 5th and 6th of June, didn't it?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49It did, yes.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52He'd been invited to come and fish and prove
0:06:52 > 0:06:56that his artificial floating flies would catch fish
0:06:56 > 0:06:58during the mayfly time.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Now, everybody that fished for mayflies on here during mayfly time
0:07:02 > 0:07:06used live mayflies and he came along with his artificial flies.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08People laughed at him, said it wasn't going to work
0:07:08 > 0:07:12and he demonstrated that it did work very effectively.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16And he...it caused a revolution cos the very next day,
0:07:16 > 0:07:22the Duke's steward made a rule that only a single artificial floating fly
0:07:22 > 0:07:24was to be used on this water.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- And do you celebrate that still? - I do, with this rod.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31I go out and fish with it on the 5th of June every year
0:07:31 > 0:07:34with a James Ogden rod and James Ogden reel
0:07:34 > 0:07:38and catch some fish just to remember James Ogden.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40And what is special about Ogden's rod?
0:07:40 > 0:07:45- He found out he could cast a long distance with a short rod.- Right.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48And so, he made this rod, called it Multum In Parvo,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51meaning much in little, and he was right.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Ogden devoted his life to fishing, making an international
0:08:01 > 0:08:04business selling his rods, tackle and dry flies.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Richard's agreed to demonstrate Ogden's dry-fly method just for me.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22- Right, Tim.- Oh, my gosh. I don't believe it.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Look at that, a 150-year-old piece of fishing equipment
0:08:29 > 0:08:32and he's caught a fish, how marvellous is that?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Now, Richard, you let the thing go
0:08:34 > 0:08:36and release it back into the river, right?
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Absolutely.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48A rather intriguing Ogden rod has been brought in for valuation
0:08:48 > 0:08:49by Peter.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I run a fishing tackle shop here in Bakewell.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55I've been working here since 1989.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59A few years ago, a chap wandered in and he wanted a more modern rod
0:08:59 > 0:09:02to go fishing with and we did a swap.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07It doesn't look much. It's a bit battered, it's a bit knocked about.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11But I think it's a rod which performed an important part
0:09:11 > 0:09:14in the history of modern dry-fly fishing.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17So we've got that spiky bit with his name on down at the bottom...
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- Yes.- ..which you jam into the ground. - That's right.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23You've then got a section here into which you'd fit your reel.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- Reel, yes.- The handle is in a bit of split cane, isn't it?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29A bit of rattan.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- Yes quite unusual, that. - Quite unusual.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35And then, it's a two-section rod, do you know what the material is
0:09:35 > 0:09:38that was used actually for the rod itself?
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I'm not sure. I think it was something called lancewood.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45But they fit snugly don't they, like that? That's beautifully made.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- But to keep them together, you put a bit more string.- Yes.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50A bit of whipping around that
0:09:50 > 0:09:53and then you've got yourself a short fly rod.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54Dry-fly rod.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Is there any special historical significance
0:09:58 > 0:10:01to this particular rod, do you think?
0:10:01 > 0:10:05- Well, it was certainly made prior to 1871...- Right.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09..because in 1871, he brought out a completely new range of rods
0:10:09 > 0:10:14made out of split cane, which made his name and his fortune.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17This pioneered, this predates that date.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22You don't think that this rod could actually have been used in 1865
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- when he started the whole process off, do you?- We believe so.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Well, wouldn't that be fantastic?
0:10:28 > 0:10:32'So how much would this rod fetch at auction,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35'especially if it really was used by Ogden himself?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37'Are you hooked?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39'Well, you'll have to wait and see.'
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Bakewell people clearly love a party.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Apart from this food festival, the other great annual celebration
0:10:49 > 0:10:52around here is the Bakewell Agricultural Show,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55which has been going for nearly 200 years.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59It's a chance for Derbyshire's farmers to shout about what they do,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02and if they're lucky, they might pick up a prize or two -
0:11:02 > 0:11:06like this particularly impressive antique silver trophy
0:11:06 > 0:11:08which has been brought along by Janet.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Dad managed Bakewell Show, and I've brought one of our silver trophies,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17which is presented to the best shire colt or filly in the show.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22And in 1932, King George V won it outright.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Well, this is rather a splendid object, isn't it?
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Absolutely beautiful.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29The trophy says on it, "Bakewell Farmers' Club,
0:11:29 > 0:11:33"the Bakewell Champion Challenge Cup valued at 20 guineas"
0:11:33 > 0:11:38and it's awarded to "The champion shire colt or filly foal
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- "exhibited at the show." - That's right.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45When this cup was first presented, it was valued at 20 guineas,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48so the prize that they did keep was 20 guineas.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52But this is particularly special, because on the reverse,
0:11:52 > 0:11:58we've got an inscription for 1932, when apparently King George V...
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- That's right.- ..won this cup not once, not twice but three times.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06And the rules are that if you win it three times, you get given the cup.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08You can keep it, yes.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Instead of keeping it, he generously re-presented it to the society.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- He did indeed.- So that they've got it in perpetuity.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20And I had no idea that George V was a breeder of shire horses.
0:12:20 > 0:12:26What we all forget is how important shire horses were for centuries...
0:12:26 > 0:12:27- In those days, yes.- Exactly.
0:12:27 > 0:12:33There were apparently some 20,000 shire horses still being used
0:12:33 > 0:12:37by delivery firms in the 1920s.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39The decoration is vaguely Victorian,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42in looking at these swags of flowers,
0:12:42 > 0:12:46on a trophy that's neoclassical in design
0:12:46 > 0:12:47with these two scrolling handles
0:12:47 > 0:12:51and could be a piece of Adam silver dating from the 1770s.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56In fact, it's hallmarked "Sheffield 1909", which is slightly odd.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00And I just wonder whether it had been made as a presentation
0:13:00 > 0:13:05trophy for some other purpose before the Farmers' Club took it over
0:13:05 > 0:13:08and used it as their shire trophy.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11But it's got this great mixture of elements in it,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14which is slightly strange but very attractive.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Yeah, "But what..." - I hear you cry -
0:13:17 > 0:13:20"..could a great lump of silver like this be worth?"
0:13:20 > 0:13:22All will be revealed later.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Derbyshire oozes picturesque charm
0:13:32 > 0:13:36but underneath this lush countryside lies buried treasure.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Well, sort of.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40This area is mineral rich,
0:13:40 > 0:13:44and people have been mining its hidden depths for centuries.
0:13:45 > 0:13:50Crikey Moses, this is like some journey to the centre of the Earth.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Jules Verne, eat your heart out.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55HE CHUCKLES
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Down the road from Bakewell is Castleton -
0:13:58 > 0:14:02the only place on the planet to find blue john.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04And there are just two working mines left.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Here we are in the Treak Cliff mine.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13And here, squashed between the limestone rocks,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16is a vein of blue john.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19But if you look within that mass carefully,
0:14:19 > 0:14:20you can see all the crystals.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25Once that's mined and removed and then cut, then polished,
0:14:25 > 0:14:30you get that glorious substance that just typifies
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Derbyshire and its mines.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38I'm off to see some lovely bits of antique blue john
0:14:38 > 0:14:40with retired miner Peter Harrison.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45Well, I learnt to polish blue john when I was nine years old.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Rubbing down something like a little specimen
0:14:49 > 0:14:53on about three different qualities of Carborundum,
0:14:53 > 0:14:56and then I was too young to go on the machine to polish it.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59But you started then when you had left school.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Mining the stuff and making it into objects?
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Well, yes, that started in 1945.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08But what really interests me
0:15:08 > 0:15:10is blue john as a collectible,
0:15:10 > 0:15:15because it is the Holy Grail of collectibles, really, isn't it?
0:15:15 > 0:15:16It is, it really is.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20What a lot of people don't realise is that, down the blue john mines,
0:15:20 > 0:15:24there are a great variety of veins.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28As far as this gorgeous goblet on the end is concerned,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31this handsome fellow has been turned out of
0:15:31 > 0:15:34a solid block of blue john,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- which is the bowl bit.- Yes.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39And then, the stem has been turned out of another block
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- and then the foot out of another. - Yes.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44So, they're effectively three pieces of blue john.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Now, next door, Pete,
0:15:46 > 0:15:50we've got a really substantial-sized piece of blue john,
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- but the colouring is very different, isn't it?- Yes.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55This one is unadulterated blue john,
0:15:55 > 0:15:56there is no iron in it, no nothing.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58It's all blue john.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00This one has iron in it,
0:16:00 > 0:16:02which makes all the yellow colours.
0:16:02 > 0:16:08This would be about 1790 to 1830.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12The rings that make up this vase are stuck together
0:16:12 > 0:16:14when they're quite thick,
0:16:14 > 0:16:19and then it involves turning the outside into a nice shape
0:16:19 > 0:16:21and then grinding out the inside
0:16:21 > 0:16:23and that takes a long time.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Another mineral unique to the Peaks is Ashford Black Marble,
0:16:28 > 0:16:31and Pat has brought along some of her collection.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35I've lived in Bakewell for over 40 years,
0:16:35 > 0:16:39I've brought some examples of Ashford Black Marble.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Well, they would've been Victorian, mid-Victorian
0:16:42 > 0:16:45or probably, early 20th century,
0:16:45 > 0:16:47but I've no more idea than that.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51We have these different coloured stones,
0:16:51 > 0:16:55which are set into the so-called black marble.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Cutting each of those different coloured stones
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- is a skill in itself.- Yes.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06And then you have to cut out the black marble to make a recess
0:17:06 > 0:17:07and plant the coloured stone into it.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Then the hole has to be polished over.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- So it's a brilliant Derbyshire success story, in a way.- It is.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15But, if we take this little object,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18which, I guess, is a desk seal.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Once upon a time, that flat plate at the bottom
0:17:21 > 0:17:24would have been engraved with somebody's crest
0:17:24 > 0:17:26or, possibly, initials,
0:17:26 > 0:17:30and for the sealing-wax process, before you seal up an envelope,
0:17:30 > 0:17:31it would have been used for that purpose.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34And if you were a tourist
0:17:34 > 0:17:37visiting Derbyshire in the 19th century,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39you'd very much like to go home
0:17:39 > 0:17:43- with a little pressie for your relations, wouldn't you?- Yes.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44And here, on the paperweight,
0:17:44 > 0:17:48when you look at the stone used in the leafage,
0:17:48 > 0:17:49- that's lovely, isn't it?- Yes.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54It's got some variegation in it, and then a central, sort of, spine.
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Delightful.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59I would've thought the best piece that you've got is this seal,
0:17:59 > 0:18:01that would be my favourite anyway.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05And I can see that selling in an auction
0:18:05 > 0:18:08for between, I don't know, £100-£150...
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- Good gracious.- ..something like that.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12And, with a little bit of damage on that paperweight,
0:18:12 > 0:18:16I guess it might be worth perhaps as much as £100-£150.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18- You don't want to sell them, do you? - No.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20My husband had a collection of minerals,
0:18:20 > 0:18:23which was started in the mid-19th century,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26which I still have, of Derbyshire minerals,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29so it's all part of a total collection.
0:18:36 > 0:18:41Chatsworth sits in regal splendour just a few miles outside Bakewell.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43It has jaw-dropping interiors
0:18:43 > 0:18:47with collections of just about everything that you can think of.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51But sometimes, like anybody else, they need a clear-out
0:18:51 > 0:18:55and in 2010, Jane was there to buy these wall brackets.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59They're absolutely gorgeous.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01I fell headlong in love with them
0:19:01 > 0:19:04when I saw them at the Chatsworth Attic Sale.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08My late husband and I bought them and they're just marvellous.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11They're so intriguing, interesting
0:19:11 > 0:19:15and it's part of the history of the land, really, isn't it?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17The Chatsworth Attic Sale
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- was quite an event here in Derbyshire.- It was, it was wonderful.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Yeah. I was actually behind Jerry Hall.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26She was bidding in front of me. That was so exciting.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- What? On the same lot? - No, no, no. Sadly, no.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Something far more expensive.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32I mean, outbidding Jerry Hall
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- would be quite an accolade, wouldn't it?- It would.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41The Chatsworth Attic Sale was such a big deal, it made national news.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46We have grandfather clocks, we have artworks, we have vases.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49This is one of about five tables.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52I think we can get about 24 to dinner here.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56All of this stuff has been sitting around
0:19:56 > 0:19:58not doing a great deal for a long time.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02'The auction lasted three days and 20,000 objects were sold.'
0:20:06 > 0:20:09We've got an angel who is crouching
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- with her hands crossed across her chest.- Yes.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17She's in a devotional pose, really.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19But the thing has a practical purpose,
0:20:19 > 0:20:24because the outstretched angel's wings and this platform
0:20:24 > 0:20:27go to make a flat surface,
0:20:27 > 0:20:29so that when that's placed against a wall,
0:20:29 > 0:20:33- of course, you can use them practically as brackets.- Yes.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34Where do you have them at home?
0:20:34 > 0:20:37They're in my office at home on the wall
0:20:37 > 0:20:40and they have candles or flower arrangements.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41Well, there you are.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- So you're using them for their proper purpose.- Absolutely.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47On the back, there's the original maker's label,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50which is really fascinating for me.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53It says "Susse", but as you can see from the label,
0:20:53 > 0:20:59- it says that they dealt in patented paper products.- Yes.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03So they were well familiar with producing moulds
0:21:03 > 0:21:05for paper and plaster-related objects
0:21:05 > 0:21:08and these brackets are made of plaster
0:21:08 > 0:21:11that's then being covered in a bronzed effect
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- to make them look like metal.- Yes.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17And what I think is amazing is that in the state drawing room,
0:21:17 > 0:21:23the Duke of Devonshire would have used fake-metalwork-looking brackets
0:21:23 > 0:21:25in his state drawing room,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27- kind of says something, doesn't it? - It does, rather.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29- I mean, it's interesting.- Yes.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31'So how much would you have to pay for something
0:21:31 > 0:21:36'that might have once hung in his Lordship's state drawing room?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38'Ha, ha! You'll have to wait to find out.'
0:21:43 > 0:21:47The Industrial Revolution hit the Peak District with a vengeance.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49In the once small community of Belper,
0:21:49 > 0:21:53an early pioneer was one Jedediah Strutt,
0:21:53 > 0:21:56who built his first mill here in 1786.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01When it burnt down, it was replaced by this one in 1804.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06Local historian Mary Smedley explains the origins.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09The mills were built as cotton-spinning mills
0:22:09 > 0:22:13and all they ever did was produce cotton thread,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15there was never a further end product.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19It was then sold to the customers to be woven into cloth.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24He wanted to harness the power of the River Derwent,
0:22:24 > 0:22:25and I don't know how he did it,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28but however he did it, it was a wonderful job
0:22:28 > 0:22:32because, today, it's still providing power
0:22:32 > 0:22:35in the form of hydro-electricity.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40But it's Jedediah's great grandson who's connected to our next object,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42which is owned by Neil.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47I've brought my very large oil painting of one of the Belper mills,
0:22:47 > 0:22:50possibly done about 1850.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54It's the earliest known large oil painting of the early mills
0:22:54 > 0:22:59and an added bonus, I noticed, when I bought it rather cheaply,
0:22:59 > 0:23:03is that it belonged to George Herbert Strutt,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06who was one of the mill-owning family,
0:23:06 > 0:23:08a descendant of Jedediah Strutt.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10So there's lots of interesting things about it.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14What I like to do often with a painting of this type
0:23:14 > 0:23:16is to spin it round
0:23:16 > 0:23:20and see what information we can glean from the reverse.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23So, you can see it's an oil on canvas
0:23:23 > 0:23:25but, intriguingly, we've got this exhibition label.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29This exhibition in Derby in 1870
0:23:29 > 0:23:34does at least pinpoint the fact that the Strutt family,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37the original builders of this mill,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40owned the picture in 1870
0:23:40 > 0:23:44- and clearly lent it for the exhibition.- Yes.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45Because, if you're going to drill down
0:23:45 > 0:23:48to the likely value of a painting like this,
0:23:48 > 0:23:50it makes a tremendous difference
0:23:50 > 0:23:56if you can attach a hand of a possible artist to the scene.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Could be by a man called Niemann,
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- who painted scenes of this type. - Yes.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04And, if that was substantiated,
0:24:04 > 0:24:09probably, this picture in an auction, properly attributed,
0:24:09 > 0:24:13- would bring between, say, £600-£900 at auction.- Yeah.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15- Well done, thank you very much for bringing it.- OK.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- Very nice to see you.- It was a pleasure.- Great.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29In Victorian times,
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Peak District towns like Bakewell, Matlock and Buxton
0:24:33 > 0:24:37were a big hit with tourists and the market positively boomed
0:24:37 > 0:24:39for locally-made souvenirs and novelties,
0:24:39 > 0:24:41like Annie's curiosity.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45I've brought something which I bought when I lived in Norfolk
0:24:45 > 0:24:48and I was very homesick for Derbyshire when I lived in Norfolk.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50And so, this says "From Matlock" on it,
0:24:50 > 0:24:52so that's why I bought it
0:24:52 > 0:24:54cos it was a connection with home.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56So I've had it about 30 years now,
0:24:56 > 0:24:58but I'm not quite sure what it is.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03This thing is what's called a peep egg...
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- Oh!- ..because it's vaguely in an egg form.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- Well, I've never heard of one of those.- No.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09So thank you for telling me.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- Well, you own one, actually.- I own one.
0:25:12 > 0:25:19And the idea is that because the alabaster is light sensitive,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- in other words, the light goes through the stone.- Yeah.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24When you look through this little grubby lens,
0:25:24 > 0:25:28it's got a little bit of dirt inside and that you can't help,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31because inside the lens, if you look carefully,
0:25:31 > 0:25:33you can see a little image, as you know,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36and the first image that you see is The Crescent.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39And that little image, as a tourist,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41would remind you of your trip to Buxton
0:25:41 > 0:25:44and looking at that glorious bit of Georgian architecture,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46- which, of course, we can see today. - Yes.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Then you give it a little twizzle
0:25:48 > 0:25:50and it takes you to another scene,
0:25:50 > 0:25:54which is Ashwood Dale,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Dale being the Old English word for valley.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00If you look very carefully, what I love about that image
0:26:00 > 0:26:03is that you can just make out the railway line.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- Yes, the little trains. - Exactly.- Yes.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09And then, the last spin gives us a little diorama
0:26:09 > 0:26:13- which shows a whole lot of minerals. - Yes.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17So it goes back to the heart of what has been going on in Derbyshire
0:26:17 > 0:26:18- for centuries.- Yes.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Do you love it even more now?
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Oh, I do. Yes. THEY LAUGH
0:26:22 > 0:26:24So, if I was putting a value on it,
0:26:24 > 0:26:29I think you should think about, say, between £100-£200 for it.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31- But you'd never sell it, would you? - Oh, no!
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- Oh, no!- Never, no! THEY LAUGH
0:26:37 > 0:26:38And those brackets from Chatsworth?
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Well, I reckon, with such a great story behind them,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43they're worth about £750.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46- So I think they're delightful. - Thank you.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49And all the more so because they're connected with glorious Derbyshire.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Absolutely.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53'As for Janet's marvellous silver trophy...'
0:26:53 > 0:26:58I'd insure it for £7,500, pay the premium
0:26:58 > 0:27:02and if it did go walkabout, then you'd have a sum of money to go
0:27:02 > 0:27:04- and find another splendid trophy.- To replace it.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- Right, that's fine. Thank you very much.- That would be my advice.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09'To value the Ogden fishing rod,
0:27:09 > 0:27:13'I contacted specialist auctioneer John Stephenson.'
0:27:13 > 0:27:18It would probably fall into the 80-120 bracket,
0:27:18 > 0:27:22where most of the collectibles of this type of rod market is.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26If it were to be rare in terms of fishing history,
0:27:26 > 0:27:28what might it be worth then, John?
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Bearing in mind this guy in effect
0:27:31 > 0:27:36changed dry-fly fishing in the 1840s, '50s and '60s period.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39So we would probably look more
0:27:39 > 0:27:42in the thousands than the hundreds...
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- Really?- ..and the condition at that point wouldn't really matter either,
0:27:45 > 0:27:48because if the provenance was solid
0:27:48 > 0:27:50and that rod was used,
0:27:50 > 0:27:51especially on the Haddon Estate,
0:27:51 > 0:27:53to do that particular job,
0:27:53 > 0:27:54it almost turned history in fishing,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57then it would be THE collectible
0:27:57 > 0:27:59- from that area.- OK.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01So, yeah, with provenance, we'd be
0:28:01 > 0:28:03in the thousands, not the tens.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05- Are you happy?- Yeah, I'm very happy. Thank you.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06'Wow!
0:28:06 > 0:28:10'Just shows how important the story is to the value of an object.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13'If this is THE rod James Ogden used,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16'it could fish out an awful lot of money.'
0:28:21 > 0:28:23What a great day we've had today
0:28:23 > 0:28:27and such quirky objects here, in Bakewell.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30You could say it's been as sweet as pie
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- or, should I say, pudding? - HE LAUGHS